This view of Tokyo reminded me of the view of the Brisbane CBD from the Valley... anyone else see it?
Posted May 20, 2019, 1:39 AM UTC
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This view of Tokyo just makes me miss Tokyo even more :(
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I was just thinking I need to go back.
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Don't let your dreams be dreams!
There are cheap direct Jetstar Dreamliner flights from the Gold Coast to Narita. I picked up a return ticket on sale for under $500 a few months ago including baggage fee, in-flight meal and an extra legroom seat.
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What are you missing from Tokyo?
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I know how you feel mate. For me I miss the food more than anything. Those egg sandwiches and FamiChiki just can't be beat. It's so hard to find authentic Japanese food at home.
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What are you missing from Tokyo?
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So much
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Density. I can't stand how empty suburbia is.
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Transit. Tokyo has incredible transit options. The convenience of the whole experience blew me away. I could truly live my dream of never needing a car if I lived there.
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The culture. It just enamours me. So much incredible media, art, etc. Plus the culture of leaving people alone and being clean & respectful makes me so envious.
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Even more basic stuff that I probably can't even capture in words honestly. When I went to Tokyo I truly felt at home for the first time.
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Felt at home. Disgusting work culture and society stances.
Dude, pick one.
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I felt at home as a tourist duderino
With the architecture, general societal values of giving people privacy, and how the city operates. The shitty work and overall culture stuff is explicitly the reason that I wish I could live there, and don't actually plan to.
I wish it was possible to live there without dealing with the awful work shit
I really don't understand why so many people are flipping their lids over my stupid comment
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They have lots of English schools in Tokyo too. Some might even be able to teach you to use enamor correctly.
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Alright dude forgive me for not being at the top of my grammatical game in a random reddit comment at fuckin 5 in the morning chill
Edit: Also, "enamours" is absolutely a valid form of the word, which that link doesn't list at all. If you're going to be a pedant at least be right about it.
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Wait, I don't understand. The definition you linked states:
to inflame with love
Now, my impression was that he used "enamor" as a transitive verb in active voice, whereas it's used 99.99% of the time in the passive voice ("I became enamored with..."). But the definition you linked clearly indicates it as a transitive usage "to inflame".
Also, dunno what Merriam-Webster is on about, but as an American, I'd pretty much exclusively use "with" (never of) with "enamored". Dunno what they're on about with that "of" stuff.
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It misses you, too. I don’t even live near Tokyo, and not a day goes by that I don’t hear someone openly lamenting the gaping hole cadence_the_sad’s departure has left in their miserable, salaryman lives.
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Alright dude I dunno how my comment could have pissed you off enough for you to leave a snarky comment like that. I'm sorry for sharing a comment about how I really loved my time in Tokyo I guess. Clearly I should know better.
Edit: If you're one of those "god I hate weebs" people, know that I'm not blind to what Japan actually is like as a country. I loved my time in Tokyo and would love to live there, but Japanese work culture and general societal political stances there are pretty disgusting and disappointingly conservative.
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same could be said for almost any of the modern cities
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Having lived in both, I.....I'm not seeing either in it D:
I tried, OP....
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Found a comparable image that might help. Obviously not a perfect match, but the skyline of Shinjuku from that angle to me looks similar the skyline of Brisbane from that angle.
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Having had that view of Brisbane from my desk in Newstead for years. Yes, a lot.
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absolutely not
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Comparing Brisbane to any other major city in Australia let alone Tokyo
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This is Brisbane, don’t be trying to trick us like that.